Characteristics of the investigated studies of the association of <i>adiponectin</i> −11377 CG gene polymorphism and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the Chinese population.

<p>Abbreviations:</p><p>T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus; BMI: body mass index.</p><p>Allele-specific polymerase chain reaction (AS-PCR) was adopted in <b>Wang YB study</b>.</p><p>Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) adopted in all of the other studies.</p><p>Case-control study design has been adopted in all of the above studies.